top ten recipes of 2012, part 2!

1. champagne cupcakes

2. baked potato soup

3. pesto potato & green bean salad

4. potato chip cookies

5. truffled mac & cheese

6. fudge walnut brownies

7. goat cheese, prosciutto, honey, fig crostini

8. caramel walnut tart

9. homemade granola

10. bacon, oatmeal, raisin breakfast cookies

top ten favorite recipes from 2012

as 2012 comes to a close i wanted to share with you 

my top ten favorite things i made in the kitchen this year!

let's be honest... it was hard for me to pick only ten!

i had so many favorites!! :)

come back tomorrow for the recipes that received an honorable mention :)

1. spring minestrone soup with meatballs

2. dark chocolate tart with gingersnap crust

3. stuffed zucchini

4. cranberry shortbread

5. lemony kale salad

6. pumpkin cupcakes with maple cream cheese frosting

7. lemon drop

8. chopped salad with feta, lime and mint

9. maple bacon chex mix

10. chilled basil pea soup

december recap

happiness is...

watching ELF for the 6th time in the last 2 months

waking up and officially being on Christmas vacation!

shaking a snowglobe

hot cocoa with extra marshmallows

an ugly Christmas sweater party

a stack of Christmas cards waiting to be written to all your favorite people

finding the perfect Christmas tree

reflecting on an amazing weekend

a fresh perspective

giving, not receiving

a special delivery from one of my favorite places!

celebrating with the birthday girl

spending christmas with this girl

spending the weekend with these crazy kids

having this woman as a mom and friend!

coffee and a good book

holiday baking

an afternoon adventure on true blue

waking up in whistler!

Christmas shopping

ELF the musical with these two...

a new cookbook!

the most amazing belated birthday present of all time!

living in the best city in the entire world!

happy birthday to you!

happy birthday to the most gorgeous, fun-loving, 

brilliant, generous person i know... my mom!